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They just mailed it to you. It’s yours. You can sell it.

By Ronald D. Coleman, Esq.

Eric Johnson: The Ninth Circuit has decided that if you get unsolicited CDs through the mail, you can turn around and sell them on eBay. It’s not copyright infringement, notwithstanding a label on the CD that says “Promotional Use Only?Not for Sale.” The case is UMG Recordings Inc. v. Augusto, 9th Cir., No. 08-55998, 1/4/11). [...]

Full post as published by Likelihood of Confusion on February 15, 2011 (boomark / email).